Of course, Winnie had no answer. Shade gestured for her to leave the box with him:
"Since someone was able to come looking for us, Wei Ge might run into trouble too. Come on, let's meet up with Wei Ge and the others first. It seems we won't be able to finish tonight's opera."
Winnie followed behind Shade:
"I haven't detected any traces of Whisper Element over a wide area. Perhaps things aren't that bad yet."
Although there was no private washroom in the box, the second floor of the Opera House had no fewer than four public washrooms for guests.
Wei Ge had surely gone to the nearest one. Since it was not yet intermission and there were not many people in the corridor, Shade led Winnie straight inside.
Miss Lorraine and two other maids were standing guard at the washroom entrance. Seeing Shade barge in, the housekeeper wanted to stop him, but then remembered how she had ruined her mistress's good thing last time and lowered her hand again:
"Mr. Watson, what is this?"
"Has anyone else come here just now, apart from you?"
Miss Lorraine shook her head:
"After the mistress went inside, you are the first person to come. Do you wish to go in?"
Wei Ge had come to change clothes, so she was not by the sinks but inside one of the private stalls. Besides Wei Ge, a maid was with her, helping her change.
Shade shook his head:
"I'll wait here. Something happened just now. Winnie, go inside and check on them."
"Okay."
Winnie, restored to her flesh-and-blood state, hurried inside. This time, Miss Lorraine did not stop her. Voices soon sounded from within the washroom, and before long Winnie returned to the entrance:
"Everything is fine inside."
Winnie had already informed Wei